This annual award honors those who have made substantial contributions to theory and practice that can be applied across the field of international education. The award specifically honors "path-breaking" research and scholarship, from veterans and early to mid-career researchers alike, that has changed how we as international educators advance our work. The 2012 Award for Innovative Research & Scholarship in Internationalization goes to Bruce La Brack for providing a deep understanding of how culture concepts across multiple disciplines, including anthropology and intercultural communications, are actually learned and interpreted by students, and how micro level interventions, including re-entry programs, can be used to improve student learning. His work highlights the complexities of how internationalization changes individuals and how theory can be applied to practice. Congratulations to La Brack on this award and his many contributions to the international education field! A call for nominations and criteria for the 2013 selection cycle have been posted at www.nafsa.org/TLSaward. Nominations should be done by a peer or can be self-nominations, and must be accompanied by copies of works/publications to be reviewed. Nomination materials and questions should be addressed to tlsaward@nafsa.org. Nominations will be accepted until July 29, 2012.

We hope you will consider nominating a colleague, or nominating yourself, and participating in this new effort to recognize innovative research.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Yesterday morning I discovered the NACAC Commission on International Student RecruitmentYouTube Channel and I was pleased to see that they video recorded and posted the proceedings of their first meeting. I have embedded the entire video coverage of the meeting proceedings below (7 videos in total that I believe follow in order) for your viewing and/or listening pleasure.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Some time ago I received the following message via LinkedIn [identification information removed by me].

"Hi David, cordial greetings from Xxxxx. We offer Xxxxxxx courses in Xxxxx and we are interested in working with you. We need students. For each student you bring us, we give you a 100 euros comission. Contact us if you are interested in. Thanks."

What are your thoughts on this?

For me, well...um, no thanks. Not for me (on numerous levels) so I did not reply and I archived the message.

Don't get me wrong, if someone wants to pay me 100 Euros to do some simple work please do not hesitate to contact me and we'll discuss!

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I currently work as the Associate Director of International
Programs at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. I also serve as a Study Abroad Research
Consultant for the Center for Global Education at the University
of California, Los Angeles.
Prior to my position at Chicago Booth, I worked as the Senior Adviser
for International Initiatives in The College and an Assistant Director in the
Office of International Affairs, both at The University of Chicago.

I serve on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Studies in International
Education (JSIE) and have co-authored several book chapters, journal
articles and reports on international education topics. Additionally, I publish the International Higher Education Consulting
Blog, one of six blogs worldwide selected by the New York Times editors to feed into the International Education
section of the New York Times online. I have also served on multiple task forces
and committees of The Forum on Education Abroad and NAFSA: Association of
International Educators and am currently a board member of the Fund for Education Abroad.

I received my B.A. in Spanish and Latin American
Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, my M.S. in
Family Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and my Ph.D. in Cultural and Educational Policy Studies, Comparative and International Education from Loyola University Chicago.

The opinions expressed are my own, and they do not
necessarily represent the views or opinions of my employer.